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Melissa Frances

05/07/2012

Ok so it is totally a self proclaimed title, but I live it and make it work LOL. For those who don't know, I, Amy Prior, call myself the Aussie Scrapbooking Diva and even have my Blog and email address titled accordingly LOL. I think in this fabulous artsy, crafty world, that dreams are only as far as you reach. Although in many eyes, I am far from being "Famous" or "Well-Known", but I love to share my art with the world and I just love sharing how to create each and every project. I believe, we are all divas in our own rights and we get to express our creative flair our way, every day!

So enough dribble hehe, checkout some fabulous projects I have been working on recently...

First up is this gorgeous Letter Rack for my home. I just love creating anything really, but making something for the home that hangs in display is always harder for me because I know it will be a talking point when friends and relatives visit. Although they ALWAYS love my creations, that evil side of me that criticises my own work is always lingering. I do however just adore how this gorgeous rack came together. I was going for the Shabby Chic style.

Once the Mod Podge was dried completely, I have coated the wood with various Pastel Colour Embossing Powders and finished off with some Opaque Bright White. Because I was so random in laying my colours, the effect is a beautiful Pastel Cameo style.

The fronts of the pockets were the final parts to finish off. These were covered in the Melissa Frances paper and half a paper doily and i didn't want to lose this pattern completely so I decided to get out one of my trusty Crafters Workshop Templates. This time I have used the 12x12 Cherry Blossom Template and have embossed with 2 different colours in layers. To create the layers I have just laid the template down and inked using my Versamark Ink Pad, then sprinkled embossing powder, tapped then heated. To do the second colour/layer, I have done the same thing although this time when placing my stencil, I have first lined up the pattern with the first embossed pattern, then moved slightly down and to the left a little. Easy Peezy :)

Once all the Embossing was complete, I have adhered all the wood pieces together using good ole trusty Glossy Accents. Glossy Accents is great for adhering the toughest materials together like Wood, Metal Charms etc.

23/06/2012

Hi everyone! Amy Prior here today sharing a couple of Mini Albums that I have created recently using a tonne of fabulous products available from Passion 4 Paper! If you haven't already, be sure to click here and visit the NEW PRODUCTS section of the website. There are so many amazing new goodies that seem to pop up in this category each and every day and the prices are AMAZINGLY affordable!

Ok so onto my first album! This gorgeous little album was created to commemorate 15 years of friendship and fun with my best friend. I rounded up as many photos of us together from the last 15 years and edited each photo and reprinted small enough to fit 2 photos to a page.

To decorate the cover, I ripped back some of the box board to expose the underlying Corrugated Cardboard. I then painted a very rough coat of Gesso over some areas leaving lots of the Corrugated exposed still. I also added some bits of Crackle Paint in Blue, Pink & White. Once all this was dry I have sprayed the entire cover with some varying shades of Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in Blues & Pinks. Finally I added some White Embossing Powder over the cover very randomly.

The inside pages were all decorated minimally. Each page was embossed on my Big Shot with a Damask Pattern Embossing Folder. I then painted each side of each page with a thin coat of Gesso. Once all of the Gesso was dried completey, I began sanding back the Gesso to expose the Chipboard core on the Embossed Areas. I love how Shabby this looks.

When each page was embossed with a different pattern, I then went to town spraying some of the gorgeous Dylusions Ink Sprays & some Lindys Stampgang Starburst Stain Sprays. The embossed patterns acted as a resist and let the beautiful patterns show through. I could have dabbed the surface with some Paper Towel to avoid pooling however I wanted to leave the more distressed look and feel with the inks and I love the drops of inks that were left on the Embossed Areas.

So there you have it! Please excuse the terrible quality of the photos for the second album. Unfortunately I finished this one off very very late at night before the Naming Day where I gave this as a gift so I had to get some quick snaps in terrible lighting.

04/06/2012

Hi everyone! Amy Prior here to share with you some of my recent Off the Page Creations. I am a bit of an MDF hoarder LOL I just adore a lot of different OTP products out there on the market and especially those from Kaisercraft however I seem to collect them and never get around to creating them. With my recent Design Team Kit from Passion 4 Paper I was determined to create at least 1 OTP item for my Scrap Room. To my delight I have actually completed 3 Off the Page items and I have 2 to share with you all today...

The MDF was decorated with a thick coat of Crackle Medium and then a layer of Gesso once this was dry. Before the Gesso dried I have wiped most of the Gesso off the Crackle Medium leaving the raw MDF showing through and the white cracks. I then sprayed the entire surface with a layer of Lindys Stamp Gang Starburst Spray Creme Brulee Cream which seeped into the cracks also adding a subtle hint of glimmer.

Lastly I have added some tulle and string pearls to the top of the chest before adding a tonne of gorgeous flowers and leaves.

I am truly sooo happy with this creation as I just adore the shabby chic style and now I have a beautiful piece for my desk in my scrap room to inspire me daily.

Next up is a Kaisercraft Marker Storage Unit that I purchased with all intention of buying markers LOL. For now it is being used to store all my journalling markers, sketching pencils and watercolour pencils.

For this unit I have used the Echo Park Paper Boys Life Collection Papers. Knowing that the unit would house lots of bright colour tipped markers/pencils etc, I could not surpass the gorgeous bright tones of these papers.

This was very simple to put together as the papers were so busy that I did not want to add too much to it.

After coating the entire thing with Gesso I have simply adhered the papers using a glue stick and then sanded the edges with some fine grit sandpaper. Once the edges were neat enough I have coated the entire surface with some Decoupage Paste.

And finally here are some quick layouts I have created recently using some yummy P4P Products!

Well that is it from me for today! Stay tuned for more fabulous inspiration coming up from the other fabulous Design Team ladies here at Passion 4 Paper. If you haven't done so already, be sure to checkout the NEW section and the PRE ORDER section of the website. There is sooooo many gorgeous yummy goodies that you simply don't want to miss out on!